Zika virus

LR Petersen, DJ Jamieson, AM Powers… - New England Journal …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
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Congenital Zika syndrome: A systematic review

DA Freitas, R Souza-Santos, LMA Carvalho… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background The signs and symptoms of Zika virus infection are usually mild and self-limited.
However, the disease has been linked to neurological complications such as Guillain-Barré …

The Brazilian Zika virus strain causes birth defects in experimental models

FR Cugola, IR Fernandes, FB Russo, BC Freitas… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus belonging to the genus Flavivirus (family Flaviviridae) and
was first described in 1947 in Uganda following blood analyses of sentinel Rhesus …

A mouse model of Zika virus pathogenesis

HM Lazear, J Govero, AM Smith, DJ Platt… - Cell host & …, 2016 - cell.com
The ongoing Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic and unexpected clinical outcomes, including
Guillain-Barré syndrome and birth defects, has brought an urgent need for animal models …

Zika virus infection during pregnancy in mice causes placental damage and fetal demise

JJ Miner, B Cao, J Govero, AM Smith, E Fernandez… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in pregnant women causes intrauterine growth restriction,
spontaneous abortion, and microcephaly. Here, we describe two mouse models of placental …

Zika virus: History, emergence, biology, and prospects for control

SC Weaver, F Costa, MA Garcia-Blanco, AI Ko… - Antiviral research, 2016 - Elsevier
Zika virus (ZIKV), a previously obscure flavivirus closely related to dengue, West Nile,
Japanese encephalitis and yellow fever viruses, has emerged explosively since 2007 to …

Zika virus infection as a cause of congenital brain abnormalities and Guillain–Barré syndrome: systematic review

F Krauer, M Riesen, L Reveiz, OT Oladapo… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) stated in March 2016 that there was
scientific consensus that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was a cause of the neurological …

Zika virus targets different primary human placental cells, suggesting two routes for vertical transmission

T Tabata, M Petitt, H Puerta-Guardo, D Michlmayr… - Cell host & …, 2016 - cell.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy is linked to severe birth defects, but mother-to-
fetus transmission routes are unknown. We infected different primary cell types from mid-and …

Biochemistry and molecular biology of flaviviruses

NJ Barrows, RK Campos, KC Liao, KR Prasanth… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Flaviviruses, such as dengue, Japanese encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis, West Nile,
yellow fever, and Zika viruses, are critically important human pathogens that sicken a …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus: History, epidemiology, transmission, and clinical presentation

BH Song, SI Yun, M Woolley, YM Lee - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2017 - Elsevier
Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae
(genus Flavivirus), is now causing an unprecedented large-scale outbreak in the Americas …